#BC6262#BC6262

#BC6262 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.116 H 21.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6262
RGB	rgb(188, 98, 98)
HSL	hsl(0, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, 36.04, 16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 39.65, 24.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% 0.1082 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.116 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3131, 20.3113, 14.0350)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6262 #62BCBC

analogous

#BC628F #BC6262 #BC8F62

triadic

#BC6262 #62BC62 #6262BC

tetradic

#BC6262 #8FBC62 #62BCBC #8F62BC

square

#BC6262 #8FBC62 #62BCBC #8F62BC

split-complementary

#BC6262 #62BC8F #628FBC

monochromatic

#733131 #9E4343 #BC6262 #CE8D8D #E1B8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#BC6262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#BC6262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6262

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6262	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 98, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.116 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4908e',
    500: '#bc6262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6262;
$custom-light: #d4908e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60162,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6262

secondary

#AACFCF

accent

#D0D058

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150D0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6262

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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